Mask "nalindele" · Angola, Luena · ID: 3034751
not available anymore
Size
H: 22 cm
H: 8.7 inch
Description
wood, rattan bonnet, covered with sacking and set with an abundant wig of plant fibre, strings of glass beads at the parting, “chijingo”-scarification marks on forehead and cheeks, “mupila” beside the eyes, min. dam.;
the light skin colour, rejected by some in favour of darker tones, evidently corresponds to an ideal of beauty espoused by some carvers and audiences.
Comparing literature
Felix, Marc L., Jordan, Manuel, Makishi Lya Zambia, München 1998, p. 168